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New Director and Gift for Hillel
This past summer Michael Faber, Hillel's executive director and chaplain, retired after 31 years of service to the college. He will be succeeded by Igor Khokhlov, who has worked for Cornell University's Hillel for the last three years.
"Hillel's mission is to enrich the lives of Jewish students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world," Khokhlov said. "As the incoming executive director, I'm excited to build those partnerships with the Jewish community at Ithaca College and far beyond."
With that mission in mind, the parents of a current student have given the largest gift in the IC chapter's history. The Peter and Dorette Forman Family Fund for Hillel at Ithaca College will fund a variety of projects and events programming during the upcoming academic year.
The Forman Family Fund, created by a generous gift of $50,000 from Peter and Dorette Forman, parents of a student in the class of '14, includes a $10,000 gift toward the Hillel Program Endowment Fund. Hillel will use the remainder to work with the college to encourage greater Jewish undergraduate enrollment, as well as for operating expenses for Hillel programs and activities, including increased kosher campus dining options, grant money for Jewish students to create innovative grassroots programming, and increased funding for student leadership training and conference attendance.
Khokhlov said he looks forward to the many opportunities and long-term benefits afforded by the Forman family's gift. "Hillel becomes a supplemental network throughout students' college years and remains in their lives after they graduate, so student memories of Hillel are associated with their alma mater—increasing volunteer engagement and philanthropic support from alumni."

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Friday, May 7th, 2010
Video of a SWAT narcotics raid in Columbia, Missouri has gone viral on the internet after officers stormed into a house, shooting one family pet dog and killing another in front of a small child, only to discover an insignificantly small amount of marijuana.
The incident provides a compelling example of how the phony war on drugs in America operates.
The raid occurred in February, but the footage has only recently come to light as the case has been ongoing.
The video shows heavily armed officers forcibly entering the home of 25 year old Jonathan E. Whitworth and his wife and 7-year-old son.
Police are said to have received "intelligence from two informants that claimed Whitworth had a large amount of high-grade marijuana at his residence."
The footage reveals that a shot is immediately fired by the officers upon entry to the house. According to a report in the Columbia Daily Tribune, this shot was not thought to have wounded either of the two dogs, one corgi and one pit bull.
A further report in the Tribune somewhat contradicts this explanation, as it outlines the incident as described by the Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton:
Three officers shot at the pit bull, and the first missed completely, which is when the corgi is believed to have been shot in the paw, he said. The pit bull acted aggressively toward a SWAT member again as they pushed into the home, which resulted in the animal being shot, he said. After being shot, it moved to attack a SWAT member, which is when the dog was killed.
The police chief did not indicate any regret for sending an armed SWAT team into a family home and shooting up the dogs, rather he indicated that the warrant to search the home was executed too late to catch Whitworth with more marijuana.
"It was not a mistake to shoot the pit bull," Burton said. "I wouldn't be standing here if an officer had been bitten by a pit bull instead of the reverse happening."
The raw footage follows this analysis of the incident by Alex Jones in which he explains how it is a centerpiece of the government's phony war on drugs. Alex explains how the CIA and other agencies of government have admittedly carried out narcotrafficking operations for decades. This is especially true in Afghanistan, where troops guard opium crops, and the fight against the Taliban and al qaeda is mired in drug trafficking.
Whitworth pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. This was in exchange for dropping charges of misdemeanor marijuana possession and second-degree child endangerment. Casual pot smoking constitutes child endangerment, bursting into homes and firing automatic weapons is apparently a valid solution to this problem.
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An internal review is scheduled for completion in two weeks. Whitworth and his family are reportedly considering a civil action against the department.
Reaction to the incident and the video has been heated. The Columbia Police Department has been bombarded with phone calls and e-mails following what it has described as a "widespread misinformation campaign" on internet message boards and blogs. The department also says it has received a direct death threat toward Columbia police officers.
This is not an isolated incident. According to research by the CATO institute, paramilitary police forces are conducting up to 40,000 forced, unannounced raids every year on nonviolent drug offenders, bystanders, and wrongly targeted civilians.
While militarized police are trained to aggressively crush any notion that marijuana use is tolerable, federal government agencies, aided and abetted by giant offshore financial corporations, are shipping in the majority of hard narcotics into the U.S.
These controlling powers are working to keep marijuana illegal as a pretext create artificial scarcity and jack up their profits, as well as to pack privately owned and run prisons with non violent offenders.
This is reality at the centre of the phony Drug War, as documented in Kevin Booth's excellent documentary films American Drug War and How Weed Won The West.
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Post subject: Who got bitten by a shark??
I heard that either Mark or George got bitten by a shark during the making of tps. Does any1 know?Mark,tell me if it was u.
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It was Mark!
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R u sure butterfly? Since u got to talk to him last time, can u ask him?
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let me clear this up for you - mark was bitten by an ELECTRONIC shark. in the actual movie there's a shark that's pulled on board and gets hold of mark's leg. well obviously mark can't have his leg bitten off every time they take that scene, can he? so it's ELECTRONIC.
in an interview mark mentioned that the electronic shark's teeth were very very sharp and he's still got the scars to prove it. the guy operating it pulled the jaw shut tight and mark was in serious agony (!).
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Oh my god!!That's awful!He got scars??? I guess those are some of the sacrifices that u have to go through when filming. Apparently Nicole Kidman broke one of her ribs wearing those tight tops for Moulin Rouge.
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Nicole Kidman broke her ribs, damn! Butterfly you got to talk to marky mark??? OMG everyone is so lucky, I wish I could meet him!
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Oh my god poor Marky! I watched the documentary on the video and George said that after they did the scenes where the boat was in the storms, Mark threw up! Poor Mark!
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My poor baby Mark was bitten by the shark.
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He got hurt a lot when he was making the film didn't he.The water cannons blew an earplug into his ear too deep.He developed a polyps on his vocal cords from sreaming so much.Hit his head on a railing when escaping from the overturned boat,in addition to the shark incident.I think he suffered a lot from being sick all the time also.Would't you just want to mother him through all of that girls?
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it was our marky!!!!! poor baby.....but it was a a fake 1 right?! like machine.?
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Yes it was a fake one,but they filed the teeth to make them look more real & there was a lot of pressure in that bite.
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Awwww Ouch! He's a toughie
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sophie wahlbergh==where did you watch the documentery? i would luv to c that. i'm gonna rent the movie again tonite,lol, i luv that movie!
'i think this guy has a wea-pon'
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the doc is on the video, after the film.
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I picked up the new latrax alias straight from a traxxas show. The improments are amazing the motors now got 4 holes and bigger brushes, with these new motors it can now lift 75grams!!! And a top speed of 35mph. I got to say traxxas did a good job on fixing the motor problem. And there is now a HD camera that plugs right in to the quad for 50 bucks. My other alias has 15 flights with the original traxxas motors, and now the new alias with the new motor I have 50flights and still going strong:-) , I just wanted to inform y'all,
Happy flying:-D
Now I am really confused. How does one know how to distinguish the newest of the newest Alias model?
It will have 4holes on the top of the motor, and will have a purple addition shown on the box
Do you have any pictures for proof?
Manager at LHS ~7 Years. I've seen some stuff lol
I will take some when I get home
You had 50 flights with no issues? Did tou do pack to pack or did you let the motors rest? Might get one but im afraid oll be another motor set thats burn in 20 flights. I dont know, im gonna wait a little more for more info
I gave the motors a 10 min rest per pack
I have to say that the newer motors make it more stable and aggressive. Traxxas did good
i call foul the new motors have no holes and what else needs changing trolling.........................
Last edited by Dadx2mj; 04-29-2014 at 09:26 AM.
^ Yeah I agree , From my knowledge after purchasing a replacement motor from a Traxxas dealer , which has no holes in the can , unlike the 4 that came in the Snap-on edition Alias.
Please post pictures
I called traxxas and they said that the new motor have the 4holes on the top, and the brushes are bigger. (They had addressed the issue fix it) that's what the man said. And I will post pics soon
Thank you
BlindMan Racing
Rusty - MERV - Pede 4x4-Alias
SPC Lipo Power
Yes im having no problems and loving it
On the side of the box were the optional colors are the will be a purple one there. And yes there 4 holes, I will take pics when camera is charged.
Mine is brand new, I went to the nhra and traxxas had a huge booth and that's were I got mine. Brand new and fresh from traxxas. Its better than my first. I talked to the guy and he said that the motor issue is fix, and he said the motors should last a long time. I have crashed the crap out of it so far because I learning xp2 mode but it works just fine. My other one works fine too but but not as good as the new one. And on my old one I'm using wltoy motors. But they suck on power compared to the newer traxxas ones.
They issued a purple and white alias on the side of the box??? But you can't buy it for some reason :-[
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Let me check when I get home
How do you post a pic
Easiest way would probably be to use a site like imgur.com to upload the pictures to then just paste the links in a post here.
This is a picture of one of the new motors that's in alias I will take pic of my alias soon
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@ forzamotorsport925 people asked to see pictures to bakc up your statement that there is a "new updated Alias". That picture looks like something you took directly from the Traxxas website and the motor looks identical to the original motors that came in the Alias. This is just going to lead to more skepticism about your statements.
It appears to me that Traxxas has addressed the early motor issues exactly what they did is not clear but motors are not failing near as often as when the Alias first came on the market. I see no evidence of a "new or updated" Alias. What I do see is more reliability in the Alias motors that are coming from Traxxas now. This is only my opinion.
BlindMan Racing
Rusty - MERV - Pede 4x4-Alias
SPC Lipo Power
For the record as I posted in another thread here and at rcg the motor caps on the motors of the Alias that I bought last week are solid no holes
Yes and here is a website were the pay loads are listed too
The pic is off the internet, will take pic of mine when I can't home
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Very interesting and fair comparison of those 4 quads they reviewed in the "shootout". Their findings in the competition pretty much matched my subjective feelings from research of the different brands prior to my purchase of the Alias. What was interesting were the makes and models not reviewed and those not- and possibly not provided by the manufacturer for review for "reasons". If the Alias had that camera available for the competition it would have rated somewhat better. I was surprised that two of the competitors were tougher than the Alias in the "torture" test. I bet the accelerators got whacked out of calibration during the durability test as the reviewers noted "electronics glitches". Good stuff and good reading forzamotorsport925 and thank you for the link. I did not see any reference to new improved motors in this article nor a new improved Alias. It appeared to be the original.
For payload capacity and flight time duration the Alias blew the other quads away.
Last edited by jbrumberg; 04-29-2014 at 01:49 PM.
OK I gusses there really isn't power improvement
My personal thought is you purchased a brand new Alias directly from them which has a newer box than probably most have seen that most likely shows the optional White canopy along with the Black Chrome one which may look purplish. This box may also show the new camera and LED light bar attachments. I tried to get my LHS to order me a green Alias yesterday and Traxxas does not have any to ship out at the moment they said it will be about 2 weeks. My guess the reason for that is due to swapping boxes to feature the new accessories. As far as the motors go I agree with what Dad said.
still no photos???? that camera must charge really slow... or why dont you just do what everyone else does, use your phone
Traxxas please sell kits!
I am a bit confused? the original motors had two holes. the new motors have no holes. where on the internet did you find the pictured motor above with 4 holes? the actual link maybe? I agree... pics of the Alias, box, and motors would be very interesting to see.
Fly fast, Fly hard, and forget about the outcome.
towerhobbies site, the photo for the latrax motors shows 4 holes...
Traxxas please sell kits!
My Alias came with the motors with 4 holes, first replacement set has 4 holes and the last set I received has no holes. What this all means is only speculation on our part but like I have said before and will say again the issues sure appear to have been addressed and the motors are far more reliable at this point.
BlindMan Racing
Rusty - MERV - Pede 4x4-Alias
SPC Lipo Power
yep, my bad... four in the top and two in the bottom.
Fly fast, Fly hard, and forget about the outcome.
This listing is for the new style motors that do not have holes in the motor housing under the pinion gear."
and yet the picture still shows the old motors with four holes...
Maybe this has something to do with the confusion with new motor having or not having holes...
I tried to order new motors (Spares) from MicroMotor Warehouse last week before all this talk about new motors came about. Benedikt (the motor guy) said new motors with pinions are on back order too.
Has anyone else purchased from him. Or better yet has anyone done a comparison on his vs the new ones from LaTrax.


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The Hyūga Affair (日向の件, Hyūga no Ken) — as the incident is known nowadays in Kumogakure — happened nine years prior to the start of the series, while Kumogakure and Konohagakure were at war. In an attempt to put an end to the fighting, they agreed to a peace treaty to be signed on the date which coincided with Hinata Hyūga's third birthday. The treaty was soon revealed to might be nothing more than a cover when the person who was the Head Ninja of Kumogakure at the time — who was in Konoha to sign the treaty — attempted to kidnap Hinata in order to obtain the Byakugan and its secrets. The shinobi was killed in his attempt by Hinata's father, Hiashi Hyūga.[1]
The urgency of the situation lead to every Konoha Anbu being dispatched out of the village on a single mission, leading to the village's key ninja being on standby in case fighting broke out.[2]
Kumogakure denied all accusations of the kidnapping, and demanded the body of Hiashi as compensation for the death of their Head Ninja as per the stipulations of the treaty. Hizashi Hyūga decided to go in his brother's place as they were twins and Kumogakure would not be able to tell the difference. This had another advantage, besides saving the life of the head of the clan; Hizashi's cursed seal would seal his Byakugan upon his death, safeguarding its secrets.[3] Despite Hiashi's protest and their father's behest, Hizashi chose on his own to do this, not only for the clan and village, but for his brother.
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Lefty allows five hits in eight innings and gets four double-play balls
ARLINGTON -- Rangers pitcher Martin Perez came up big on Sunday afternoon. So did the usual cast of characters the Rangers expected to be depending on this season: third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff, catcher Robinson Chirinos and infielders Donnie Murphy and Josh Wilson.
Then there was reluctant reliever Alexi Ogando serving as the closer. With Joakim Soria unavailable after having pitched the previous two nights, Ogando finished it all off by retiring the side in order in the ninth.
Quick and economical, this bunch only needed two hours and 15 minutes to get the job done with a 1-0 victory over the Astros. Throw in Friday's victory and this is the first time in club history the Rangers have ever won two 1-0 games in a single series.
"It's big," Ogando said, "It shows that we're getting the job done."
Perez, while pitching eight scoreless innings, also created a little historical trivia by getting the Astros to hit into four double plays. Perez had five in his last start against the Red Sox on Tuesday in Boston and is the first Rangers pitcher ever to have at least four double plays turned behind him in consecutive starts. The last Major League pitcher to do so was Tommy John back in 1984.
"When you get runners on base, you have to stay tough and make your pitches," Perez said. "I'm not a power pitcher, I'm not trying to strike out a lot of guys. I'm trying to throw the ball down. I had a good changeup and a good [sinker] away. That's what happens when you throw all your pitches down."
Perez allowed five hits and three walks over eight innings while striking out two. He is the first Rangers pitcher with two wins and his team has won all three of his starts. That accounts for half of the Rangers six wins.
"He was outstanding," Chirinos said. "He's competing, he's going out and making pitches. He's throwing strikes and attacking hitters."
"I just felt like he mixed and matched pretty good and kept us off-balance and got into some predictable fastball counts and threw changeups," Astros manager Bo Porter said. "We were out in front and and he was able to induce some ground-ball double plays."
Chirinos helped out by throwing out two attempted basestealers. Between his throwing and the double plays turned behind Perez, the Astros did not get a baserunner into scoring position all afternoon.
The Rangers had their own offensive challenges facing Astros left-hander Brett Oberholtzer. The Rangers were already without third baseman Adrian Beltre, who was placed on the disabled list before the game because of a strained left quad muscle. They also lost shortstop Elvis Andrus on Sunday afternoon after just two at-bats when he was ejected by home plate umpire Alan Porter for arguing balls and strikes in the third inning.
But Wilson and Murphy helped the Rangers break through for their only run in the bottom of the sixth. Oberholtzer had retired 11 straight hitters going into the inning before Wilson led off with a single. Shin-Soo Choo, who had struck out in six of his previous seven at-bats, followed with a single up the middle, moving Wilson to third.
That brought up Murphy, who came off the bench after Andrus got tossed, and he put the Rangers ahead with a sacrifice fly to left.
"My last four years in the National League, I have been coming off the bench a lot," Murphy said. "I'm used to that. I'm prepared no matter what."
Wilson and Murphy are hitting a combined .277 with seven RBIs through the Rangers' first 12 games. They have combined for as many RBIs as Prince Fielder and Beltre.
"Those two guys have been solid up the middle and have done a heckuva job defensively," manager Ron Washington said.
The Rangers were 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position and have just three hits in their last 40 at-bats in those situations. They had just one home run in the series and have five on the season. They have yet to hit more than one home run in a game.
But the pitching made it stand up, first by Perez and then by Ogando. He retired three straight hitters in the ninth inning for his first save since Aug. 3-4, 2012 and the fourth of his career.
"Coming in and shutting down the fire like that, it's exciting," Ogando said. "It's a big part of the game. I like to compete so if they want to put me in that position … I like it."
Right now the Rangers are doing whatever it takes to takes to win games and Ogando as the closer seems to fit right in with the rest of their contingency plans.


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Music industry leadership and Jake's personal friends poured into the Flamingo Cocktail Club on Tuesday night (March 12) gathering round to share specialty drinks and hear Jake's first-hand account of his new project, 'Greetings...From Jake'.
The preview of the new album proved that this project is stacked with feel-good country anthems layered with clever lyrics that maintain that easy breezy vibe that Jake Owen fans have come to expect. Jake took the time to talk about his album and introduce each song, even performing acoustic versions of two of the project's ballads, "in It" and "Made For You."
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- Ain't Here To Talk (Jesse Frasure, Brett Tyler, Michael Hardy)
- Catch A Cold One (Jon Nite, Josh Thompson, Justin Ebach)
- I Was Jack (You Were Diane) (Craig Wiseman, David Ray, Jody Stevens, John Mellencamp, Tommy Cecil)
- Grass Is Always Greener (feat. Kid Rock) (Ben Burgess, Jaren Johnston, Robert Ritchie, Alysa Vanderheym)
- Homemade (Bobby Pinson, Drew Parker, Jared Mullins, Ben Goldsmith)
- Drink All Day (Daniel Ross, Ernest K Smith, Brian Kelley, Josh Miller)
- That's On Me (Laura Veltz, Benjy Davis, Matt Dragstrem)
- Señorita (feat. Lele Pons) (Nolan Sipe, Nathan Spicer, Ben Caver)
- In It (Jimmy Robbins, Josh Thompson, Laura Veltz)
- River of Time (Dallas Davidson, Ben Hayslip, Marv Green)
- Made for You (Benjy Davis, Joey Hyde, Neil Medley)
- Mexico in Our Minds (Jaren Johnston, Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley
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Several Hope College students will participate in an opera workshop on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The Opera Workshop will be performing an all-Menotti program. Gian Carlo Menotti was one of the great American vocal composers of the 20th century. He excelled at setting English words to music, and is remembered as much for his libretti for works by Samuel Barber and other composers as he is for the operas and songs he composed on his own texts.
Menotti's operas, particularly the early ones, are ideal vehicles for young American singers, according to Dr. Margaret Kennedy-Dygas, professor of music and chairperson of the department, who directs the opera workshop. She noted that the characters are well developed and the vocal lines very accessible for young voices.
The program for the workshop will include scenes from "The Medium," "Amahl and the Night Visitors," and "The Old Maid and the Thief."
The student accompanists will be sophomores Robin Litscher of Lebanon, Ind., and Sally VanderPloeg, of Holland. The singers will be senior Isaac Droscha of Mason; senior Kay Gillette of Grand Ledge; junior Susie Jolink of Grandville; junior Sarah Koon of Bexley, Ohio; junior Caitlin Lautz of Wheaton, Ill.; junior Katie Ross of St. Louis Park, Minn.; and sophomore Briana Sosenheimer of Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Dutch-based shipyard, Feadship has launched the 47-meter Project 697. Designed by De Voogt, Project 697 is meant as a modern Feadship classic for an owner eager to bring back the looks of past motoryachts combined with modern technology.
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Introducing Naseem (2008) - a classically elegant 47m motor yacht by Heesen Yachts, which combines award-winning design by the acknowledged Bannenberg & Rowell Design Studio and unmistakable Dutch prestige. Delivered in 2008 and beautifully maintained by her present owner, the superyacht was fully refurbished in 2018 with a major focus on outdoor activities. NASEEM is equipped with 5 cabins and can accommodate on board up to 12 guests in utmost comfort, as well as a 10-person crew. Among her key features there are a Deck Jacuzzi and a convertible tender garage which can be used as a beach club for swimming and sunbathing or as a launchpad when using water toys. The yacht is powered by twin MTU 8V4000M70 heavy-duty engines and has a comfortable 14-knot cruising speed. With an impressive range of 4,000 nautical miles, she is suitable for Transatlantic cruising. The interior of the yacht is open-planned and is finished with bleached Wenge wood and polished marble flooring. The sense of space and light is enhanced by large windows.A vast salon on the main deck offers an open-plan lounge with an elegant bar for pre-dinner cocktails. It is also equipped with a 60" plasma TV with a full entertainment system and can be transformed into a private cinema for after-hours movie sessions. The spacious formal dining area can comfortably fit up to 10 guests. Naseem's full-beam master suite is located forward on the main deck and is beautifully finished in cream with a nice contrast of wood veneer shades. The suite offers guests a private lounge and vanity area overlooking the ocean and a bathroom finished in marble.Exterior-wise the yacht offers multiple lounges, dining spaces and a forward-facing spa pool - perfect for onboard socialising, enjoying panoramic ocean views and relaxing in the sunshine.
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The classic Benetti yacht Hidalgo got seriously damaged by the fire on September 15 in morning. The yacht fire was spotted at the Muggiano shipyard close to La Spezia in the region of Liguria where Hidalgo was hauled out for refit works. "A dense column of smoke" was created by the fire and was "visible from a considerable distance", as the local news portal "Liguria Nautica" reported. Main and upper deck of the vessel got severely damaged, however the fireguards were on time to prevent the fire from spreading elsewhere, and no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire still remains unclear. Designed for long-distance cruising, the yacht was delivered in Viareggio in 1968 and got last refitted in 2012. The vessel was previously known as Mirabella. (Photos: Giusppe Orru)
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The new Ferretti Yachts 500 are the winners in the "Best Interior Design" category, whilst the Pershing 7X and CRN M/Y 62m Voice won in their "Best Exterior Design" categoriesCannes, September 16, 2020 – The harmonious number three is the number of major prizes taken by Ferretti Group at the World Yachts Trophies 2020, the prestigious seasonal event in yachting organised by SG Publications, for undeniably perfect style and design.The ceremony took place last Saturday, on September 12, in Cannes - on the beach of the luxurious InterContinental Carlton, - and was attended by guests and business insiders.Ferretti Group's boats that feature innovative technology and design, along with inimitable Italian style in all aspects, deservedly won three awards.These are the Awards assigned to the boats: - Ferretti Yachts 500: Best Interior Design Trophy, 45 to 64-foot category (13.70-19.50 meters); - Pershing 7X: Best Exterior Design Trophy, 64 to 80-foot category (19.50-24 meters);- CRN M/Y 62m Voice: Best Exterior Design Trophy, 164 to 270-foot category (50-82 meters) Ferretti Group continues to grow and will be announcing many important novelties in the coming months.Ferretti Group shows sustainable growth and is going to announce a lot of interesting novelties in the near future.(Press release and photos provided by Ferretti Group Web News)
September 18, 2020
Sunreef Yachts has revealed a 40 metre catamaran explorer concept. The yard adds an unstoppable explorer concept to the shipyard's range of luxury catamarans. The 40M Sunreef Power is a versatile multihull craft dedicated to discovering new horizons. Her propulsion options allow for transoceanic range and solid performance in rough seas.Blending elegance and modern technology, the 40M Sunreef Power can be heavily customized to match ambitious navigation plans. The extended aft deck houses a launching crane, a 7m tender, two jet skis and storage for a variety of water toys. With the hydraulic aft platform lowered, guests can enjoy a full-beam private beach.The superyacht's 13,34m beam provides for immense living areas totaling 654m² with accommodation spread across three decks. Custom features available for this concept include a playroom with a self-leveling pool table, a steam room or a master suite with a private fold-out balcony.⠀Alfresco relaxation areas include a large sun lounge with a spa pool surrounded by oversized sunpads and a bar as well as a vast bow terrace.
September 10, 2020
How to design a yacht for Freddie Mercury and Forrest Gump? Feadship reveals new 109m Superyacht concept
If you could combine rock star level partying with down-to-earth innovative design, what kind of superyacht would you end up with? Meet Project FG (Freddy Gump), a Feadship design created for the fictional combination of Freddy Mercury and Forrest Gump. It is the latest design to be revealed from the "Carte Blanch Exclusives" archives.⠀The 109-metre Project FG came to life during the Feadship Brokers Course in 2019. Together with the Feadship design team from Studio De Voogt, the invited brokers created a design for a wild – but down to earth – Freddy Gump. In a few days' time, Project FG was born as a technically feasible design that allows for wild partying at night and peaceful relaxation during daytime.More than 200 people can party in the outdoor beach club. Hidden from the outside world, FG includes a mysterious hidden club in the bow of the yacht for exclusive private gatherings.Marsha Van Buitenen and Jan Schaffers in conversation. Credit: FeadshipFeadship sales director Marsha Van Buitenen says:"The group wanted a character that embodied extremes. They thought about a client that one hand has a party attitude but on the other is very down to earth as well. They combined a fictional character and a real character to dream up the client – for the down to earth side, it was Forest Gump, and for the wilder side, it was Freddie Mercury. With that, Freddie Gump as born."On the aft deck there is a huge outdoor beach club, which is four times larger than Feadship designed "Savannah". This beach club accommodates parties of up to 300 people while a panoramic piano lounge on the upper deck acts as the heart of the superyacht and the meeting point of the two personalities – a place that both Freddie Mercury and Forrest Gump could retire to as dusk falls and from where the rest of the yacht design branches out into the individual elements of each character.Other unique design elements of Project FG include a pop-up table tennis court on the tip of the bow that features a glass tube that "pops up" at the push of a button and encloses the table-tennis table so that the players are protected from the effects of the wind.One particular design feature that certainly caters to the rockstar inspirations of Freddie Mercury is the hidden club for where the really crazy parties happen – even crazier than those happening on the aft deck. Guests are not given directions on how to get there but instead have to find a hidden door past an engine in the superyacht's belly.While Project FG Freddie Gump has yet to find an owner, the technically feasible Feadship design is still open for the kind of owner with an appreciation for wild nights of partying like Mercury and peaceful days of relaxation.Farouk Nefzi, Feadship marketing and brand director, says:There are so many future concepts coming out, but they are simply designed for 50 years from now. That too easy. Everybody can dream but to create something using technology that's applicable today, if you just have the will to do it, that's what we're showcasing. We feel like we can bring some joy to people's life by showcasing the possibilities that we are able to do right now. If you look at these designs, they trigger people to move forward and leverage on the existing technology. We want to showcase what is possible and not be dominated by the generics of this industry. It's very easy to make baby steps into what the next stage of yachting should be. We think we could really speed up the process if we find clients ready and wanting to invest in this.
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Prison Smells Like Balls: The Hidden Stench of Mass Incarceration
"Jail smelled cold," Adam told me. He only spent one night in a county jail nearly a decade ago, but still, he can immediately conjure the scent. "It's the cold of, like, old plaster and metal," he said. That, mixed with sweaty feet and greasy pillowcases—the stifling odor of shared air and nutsacks. "Plus, I was housed with a crack addict," Adam (who asked me to change his name for this piece) added, "who smelled of urine and just not showering for months on end." Adam was talking about a jail in Connecticut, but it could have any correctional institution in the country. No matter where you go, it's the same wall of rancidity that hits the minute you're buzzed through the secured gate—the stench of thousands of men crammed into much too tiny space, raw humanity in all its disgusting nakedness.
The number of Americans who know this smell continues to grow, although it's difficult to quantify exactly. Some, like Adam, are arrested and discharged, go to court and never serve an actual sentence. Others cycle in and out of the system their entire lives. We know that in 2012 there were some 6.9 million adults under correctional supervision in the US. That includes not only those housed in jails and prisons, but people on parole and probation—all of whom have likely spent at least one night locked up. That means one out of every 35 adult Americans knows the smell of which I write, likely a larger percentage than ever before. In the past four decades, our country's prison population exploded 500 percent (with non-violent drug offenders making up much of that population), and continues to grow . At the same time, prison construction has slowed, and overcrowding persists.
Though recent attention on incarceration has been mainly focused on for-profit prison corporations and the treatment of juvenile offenders—both worthy subjects—it's the visceral grotesqueness of human warehousing that outsiders never hear of, and likely never want to. In acknowledging how these conditions affect millions of Americans, how such scenes and scents literally change lives forever, you are forced to recognize just how foul mass incarceration has become. (more…)


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German post-techno duo Mouse on Mars is among a growing number of electronic music groups dabbling in complex, heavily hybridized forms that include everything from ambient, techno, and dub to rock, jazz, and jungle. The combined efforts of Andi Toma and Jan St. Werner (of Köln and Düsseldorf, respectively), Mouse on Mars formed in 1993, reportedly when Werner and Toma met either at a death metal concert or a health food store. Working from Werner's studio, the pair fused an admiration for the early experiments of Krautrock outfits like Can, Neu!, Kluster, and Kraftwerk into an offbeat update including influences from the burgeoning German techno and ambient scenes. A demo of material found its way to London-based guitar-ambient group Seefeel, who passed it on to the offices of their label, Too Pure.
VulvalandMOM's first single, "Frosch," was released by the label soon after and was also included on their debut album, Vulvaland. Immediately hailed for its beguiling, inventive edge that seemed to resist all efforts at easy "schublade" (an even less flattering approximation of the English "pigeonhole"), Vulvaland was reissued in 1995 by (oddly) Rick Rubin's American Recordings label, which also released their follow-up, Iaora Tahiti, soon after. More upbeat and varied than their debut, the album made some inroads into the American marketplace, but the group's somewhat challenging complexity and steadfast refusal to pander make widespread popularity unlikely. They returned in 1997 with three different releases -- the EP Cache Coeur Naif, the LP Autoditacker, and the vinyl-only Instrumentals. Another vinyl-only release (Glam) appeared in 1998, and was followed a year later by the "official" follow-up to Autoditacker, Niun Niggung.
Trance Europe Express, Vol. 1 Although remixes are rare, Mouse on Mars began appearing with increasing frequency on compilations of experimental electronic music, including Volume's popular Trance Europe Express series. They were also prominently featured on a pair of tribute albums -- Folds and Rhizomes and In Memoriam -- dedicated to French poststructuralist philosopher Gilles Deleuze. Idiology, which introduced percussionist/collaborator Dodo Nkishi into the fold, followed in 2000 on Thrill Jockey. In 2004, the duo celebrated a decade's worth of work with the release of Radical Connector and a global tour, which was captured by 2005's concert album Live04. The following year's hard-hitting Varcharz was released by Ipecac. St. Werner also has recorded as half of the duo Microstoria (with Oval's Markus Popp) and solo as Lithops. Following Varcharz, the duo kept busy with other projects, both collaborative and solo, including their work with Mark E. Smith as Von Südenfed, St. Werner's duties as the artistic director of Amsterdam's Institute for Electronic Music, and Toma's productions for Stereolab, Junior Boys, and Moondog. The pair reconvened as Mouse on Mars for 2011's Paeanumnion, an electronically processed live orchestral piece for which they created their own music software. This software was also crucial in crafting 2012's Parastrophics, which returned to the textural interplay and mischievous avant-electro-pop for which the duo was acclaimed. Later that year, they returned with WOW, a mini-album inspired by club music and acid techno.
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MY RIDE- Mike Mawyer- Ford E250 van
It almost doesn't matter what car you drive when your cargo's cool and refreshing. That seems to be the take of Mike Mawyer, who for the last two years has driven a Ford van for Blue Ridge Beverage, delivering frosty brew to area restaurants and bars.
Mawyer, a man of few words who worked in a plant before joining Blue Ridge Beverage, says the best part of the job is meeting people, though sometimes their motives for reaching out can be questionable.
"Everybody hollers at you," he says. "Everybody wants free beer."
Does he ever give it out?
Mike Mawyer
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This annual report describes the results and good practices in countries of the UNFPA flagship thematic fund to achieve reproductive health commodity security.
In 2013, UNFPA started a new programming period by scaling up so that all 46 countries can receive the highest level of support for essential supplies and services (formerly focused on 12 countries). The 2013-2020 programme continues to engage governments and partners in strengthening national health systems and places greater emphasis on partnership, young people and hard-to-reach populations with high unmet need for family planning. An enhanced Programme Monitoring Framework tracks results.
Contraceptives procured by the programme in 2013 amounted to 35 million couple years of protection, which have the potential to avert 9.5 million unintended pregnancies, 6.4 million unintended births, 27,300 maternal deaths and 1.1 million unsafe abortions. Programme expenditures totalled $164 million for commodity procurement and capacity development.


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It may have been on the wind for the last few years, but it's hardly a secret now that the three-decade-old bull market in bonds is finally winding down. Investors, many of whom were jolted from a state of complacency, have begun to take notice, pulling a record $62 billion out of bond funds in June alone. Some would say the so-called Great Rotation is underway. The crucial question, then, is "Rotation to what?" We suggest the answer to that great question is a combination of asset classes and alternative investments.
The Current Fixed Income Dilemma
Thanks in large part to the Federal Reserve's unprecedented efforts to strengthen the economic recovery by keeping rates low, investors are currently facing the threat of rates rising from what are essentially rock-bottom levels. Indeed, today's inflation rate is already higher than the yields on many "safe" bonds. There's no reason to expect a big spike in interest rates any time soon, but there's every reason to look for a gradual increase over the foreseeable term. As every investor who looked at his or her second-quarter statement knows, even modest moves can trigger losses in bond portfolios.
All of this has ominous implications for asset allocation portfolios built on the proposition that bonds act as a counterbalance to stock volatility. While that basic tenet has been true enough for the last 30 years, the good results are attributable to bonds' total return, the huge majority of which came from their rising value. In the absence of price gains, bonds will offer little if any capacity to absorb stock market shocks going forward.
Strategies Offering Potential Solutions
The good news amid all this Modern Portfolio Theory gloominess is that today's investors and advisors—unlike their 1940 counterparts—have more than credit quality and duration at their fixed income disposal. Nothing can perfectly replace bonds in the Fixed Income category without assuming some kind of interest rate risk, of course, but there are tools that can combine to fill the gaps. We feel that list should include asset class categories like High Yield, Floating Rate Loans, Emerging Market Debt, and Dividend-Paying Equities, along with non-traditional investment strategies found in liquid alternative and unconstrained bond funds.
When properly identified and properly used, these investments can help provide bond-like returns with uncorrelated volatility. That's not to say the task is an easy one: it will take a fair amount of work to find a blend that best serves the Fixed Income allocation for any individual portfolio. Make no mistake: There is no "magic bullet" to fix the problem. But finding the right combination could serve specific investor goals in ways that stocks and bonds alone may not.
In this, the first of a two-part series, we'll look at specific asset class categories that can be used as tools in the search for a fixed income alternative.
Asset Class Categories
High Yield
It's well known that high yield bonds offer more coupon than government bonds or higher-grade corporates. What's less considered is their unrelated potential for capital appreciation—high yields can benefit from a rating upgrade (usually due to improved performance at the issuing company) or an upturn in the general economy.
As a result, the sector can offer equity-like returns over the long term but with slightly less risk given the bonds' relatively high income and their senior placement in the capital structure. From a portfolio construction perspective, high yield bonds fit into a space somewhere between equity and fixed income, though the volatility will look, and feel, more like stocks.
Floating Rate Loans
Floating Rate Loans are issued by essentially the same pool of companies as High Yield, but occupy a slightly higher spot in the capital structure (because the loans are highly collateralized they have less default risk). All things being equal, Floating Rate Loans will typically yield higher than investment grade bonds but lower than High Yield. Most important to investors, Floating Rate Loans adjust to reflect increases and decreases in market interest rates, usually through a reset every 60 to 90 days. As a result, Floating Rate investments entail virtually no interest rate risk. From a portfolio perspective, Floating Rate Loans offer a potential advantage over traditional fixed income bonds during periods of rising interest rates.
Emerging Market Debt
Emerging market bonds have evolved from a niche asset class into a high yield sector of the global bond market that offers a total return potential greater than that of U.S. Investment Grade. Given the growing number of securities and the broad range of countries that make up the EM asset class, it's necessary to analyze risk and potential returns to identify the most attractive opportunities. Already, prices on many EM sovereign bonds have risen to reflect the improving economic prospects and higher credit quality in certain developing countries.
The benefits of emerging market bonds can include the potential for attractive yields, capital gains, currency appreciation and portfolio diversification; however, EM debt is subject to currency fluctuations and economic and political risks that may be enhanced in emerging markets.
Dividend Paying Stocks, including REITs and MLPs
Many stocks have higher dividend yields than bonds, which can be a good way to get cash flow, upside potential and lower interest rate risk. Inside a portfolio, income-focused stocks, as well as REITs and MLPs, tend to correlate with the broader equity market. From an asset allocation perspective, substituting dividend-paying stocks for bonds in a portfolio will likely generate greater income, but the portfolio will have a more aggressive and stock-heavy asset allocation with potential for volatility.
Next month, we'll take a high-level look at determining strategies to replace current fixed-income exposure, including what to look for in an alternative mutual fund and the use of scenario testing for individual situations and objective.
Author's disclaimer: For investment professional use only. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The opinions expressed herein reflect our judgment as of the date of writing and are subject to change at any time without notice. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. Investment decisions should always be made based on the investor's specific financial needs and objectives, goals, time horizon, and risk tolerance. Information obtained from third party resources are believed to be reliable but not guaranteed. Any mention of a specific security is for illustrative purposes only and is not intended as a recommendation or advice regarding the specific security mentioned. Diversification does not guarantee a profit or guarantee protection against losses.


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It's not quite Mitt Romney's ''horses and bayonets'' or a ''binders full of women'' internet moments – but Australian japesters with keyboards are out in force at the Twitter hashtags #ThingsMorePopularThanAbbott and #triedtobeauthenticbut
The ''things more popular'' hashtag came into being and trended earlier this week after the publication of a national opinion poll with poor approval ratings for the Opposition leader.
''Tried to be authentic but'' followed well intentioned but clumsy remarks Mr Abbott made about his desire to recruit ''an Aboriginal person from central Australia, an authentic representative of the ancient cultures of Australia''.
The contributions at the Abbott hashtags range from laugh out loud witty to mildly vitriolic. Options more popular than the Opposition leader include ''warm Fanta'', ''a hipster in Broadmeadows'', and ''barrier eleven at the Cox Plate.''
But lest we conclude, as is sometimes argued, that the ''socials'' always lean left – Twitter has imposed some conversational balance with #ThingsMorePopularThanGillard
The tone at this hashtag is more straight-up rebuke than glancing wit. More popular than the Prime Minister? ''A cold shower, stabbing oneself in the eye, I could keep going.'' ''That sharp pebble stuck inside your shoe.'' ''Me marrying your Mum.''
You get the drift.
With Twitter regarded as the default homepage of Australian politics, professional politics watches these periodic outbreaks on Twitter, and the social media crowd watches back – interesting and energising of course, and a teeny, tiny bit circular.
Canberra blogger and tweeter Paula Matthewson wondered in a piece published this week whether the Twitterverse might need a Bex and a good lie down.
Ms Matthewson questioned Twitter's ''group think'', ''confected outrage'' and ''biodegradable empathy''.
''With the identification of each new cause, Twitter seems to be ratcheting up the rhetoric (perhaps in the face of desentisation or ennui), and shrilly denouncing non-participants as non-believers,'' Ms Matthewson wrote on her Dragonista blog.
''Some days it resembles nothing more than a gaggle of GetUp! toddlers, high on sugar and running in noisy circles. On such days, Twitter should be made to take a good lie down.''


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New file format packages Phase One RAW images with applied settings; new support for JPEG and TIFF files; more tethered support
COPENHAGEN, April 2, 2009 -- Phase One's Capture One version 4.7 introduces a new enhanced image package file format to make it easier to share adjusted Phase One digital back-generated RAW files. It also permits adjustment of both JPEG and TIFF files. And it adds tethered shooting support for Canon 5D Mark II and Nikon D3X.
New features include:
Newly-designed file format for Phase One RAW files The Enhanced Image Package (.eip file extension) permits packaging of a Phase One RAW image file together with the adjustment settings applied to the RAW file, with no changes to the original RAW file or re-arrangement of settings.
Ideal for photographers working with retouchers or pre-press, the .eip file format makes it easier to share adjusted Phase One RAW files and helps simplify image archiving and management.
The concept is simple and based on well known, proven ZIP technology (but without the file compression). It is possible to capture directly to .eip or to convert existing files into .eip files. The .eip format leaves the original RAW file untouched, so it is always possible to 'unpack' the original RAW file and settings.
Support for JPEG and TIFF files as 'Input' Files Many unique attributes of Capture One 4 have been available only for Phase One back users or DSLR shooters using RAW capture. With v4.7, JPEG and TIFF support has been added. All of the existing technology in Capture One 4 is activated for both JPEG and TIFF files with the exception of the Lens correction tools. Now, scans, or older archived files that are in TIFF or JPEG format can be added to existing work and adjusted using Phase One's patented algorithms.
Note: For optimal image quality, it is still recommended to capture and work with images in RAW format.
Added tethered capture support (Pro and DB versions) Canon 5D Mark II Nikon D3X
Availability Capture One 4.7 is available now and comes in three versions: 4.7, 4.7 PRO and 4.7 DB. Capture One 4.7 is a free service release to existing Capture One 4.x owners. Capture One 3.x customers can upgrade to a similar version of Capture One 4.6 at no extra cost.
About Phase One Phase One is a leading provider of digital image capture and work flow management technology. Phase One 645 Camera Systems and P+ digital backs open new possibilities, putting the focus back on the moment of capture. Phase One Capture One software helps streamline the capture and post-production process. Supporting DSLR, medium- and large-format photographic equipment, Phase One products are renowned for their superior quality, flexibility and speed — enabling pro photographers to realize their most subtle and most complex visions without compromise.
Phase One is an employee-owned company based in Copenhagen with offices in New York, London, Tokyo, Cologne and Shanghai.
For more information about the products, visit the Phase One web site on www.phaseone.com.
Phase One and Capture One are registered trademarks of Phase One A/S. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel reports (via blog):
Dwight Howard acknowledged Monday that he might not play for Team USA in the FIBA World Championship late this summer in Turkey.
"I haven't decided what I'm going to do," Howard said after the Orlando Magic completed their exit day at RDV Sportsplex.
Howard initially had made a public commitment to playing in the tournament, but his thoughts appear to have changed.
The Orlando Sentinel reported on April 26 that Howard might forego the tournament, which will be held Aug. 28 to Sept. 12.


text: The peaceful land of Slimenia has been suddenly invaded by a mysterious cartel called "the Plob" who then proceed to kidnap all the slimes in the capital city of Boingburg. Our protagonist Rocket is the only slime left behind and must embark on a journey throughout Slimenia to save his friends and uncover the Plob's nefarious plot!Part of a series of Slime Mori Mori games in Japan Dragon Quest Heroes is full of adventure stages that take advantage of our hero's bouncing and stretching abilities as he works to solve the challenges of each area in the game and rescue his captured slime friends. Each adventure stage culminates in Rocket hopping aboard a colossal slime-shaped player-customizable war machines. Pit tanks against a friend's in exciting player-vs-player action using the Nintendo DS wireless multiplayer game feature!